England v South Africa: Jacques Nienaber claims Springboks not given due respect

Erasmus posted a drawstring of tweets reviewing incidents from the Springboks losses to Ireland and France earlier this month

South Africa manager Jacques Nienaber has accused the rugby satellite of lacking respect for his squad successful the aftermath of manager of rugby Rassie Erasmus' prohibition for societal media posts astir referees.

"It is rather bittersweet if you deliberation astir it."

Erasmus' suspension includes Saturday's lucifer against England.

Nienaber, who stepped into the caput manager relation successful 2019, said helium believed that the misconceptions astir his satellite champion squad extended to their playing style.

"We can't power the communicative that gets enactment retired determination that we are boring and we don't onslaught that we conscionable footwear and tackle," helium said.

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"All the vigor you enactment in, you are not going to alteration that narrative, that is the communicative radical privation to drive.

"If we volition get respect ever, I don't know, but arsenic agelong arsenic we are comfy with what we are putting retired present and are trying to achieve, and we are unfastened and honorable with each different arsenic a group."

South Africa's manager of rugby Erasmus had lone been allowed to instrumentality to the Springboks matchday set-up successful October after a year's prohibition for his criticisms of the lucifer officials during his team's bid triumph implicit the British and Irish Lions successful 2021.

World Rugby has said that his societal media commentary connected refereeing decisions could person a corrosive effect connected the grassroots game, with the governing body's main enforcement Alan Gilpin emphasising that dialog betwixt officials and coaches indispensable stay private.

Nienaber said helium could not uncover the accusation helium felt was not being made nationalist due to the fact that of rules implicit confidentiality, but that it would "probably" look eventually.

"We can't sermon unfortunately, it is what it is, but we cognize the facts and we stock with those the players and wrong the group," helium added.

The Springboks person made six changes to the side that bushed Italy 61-23 past weekend, with a big of players, specified arsenic helping Cheslin Kolbe and fig 8 Jasper Wiese, obliged to instrumentality to their clubs arsenic the lucifer takes spot extracurricular the Test window.

Second enactment Eben Etzebeth comes backmost into the starting line-up with promising fig 8 Evan Roos winning his 3rd cap.

South Africa: Le Roux; Arendse, Kriel, De Allende, Mapimpi; Willemse, De Klerk; Nche, Mbonambi, Malherbe, Etzebeth, Orie, Kolisi (c), Mostert, Roos.

Replacements: Marx, Kitshoff, Du Toit, Van Staden, Smith, Hendrikse, Libbok, Moodie

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